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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 14:8 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
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2Ki 14:8 |
Strong Concordance |
Then Amaziah [0558] sent [07971] messengers [04397] to Jehoash [03060], the son [01121] of Jehoahaz [03059] son [01121] of Jehu [03058], king [04428] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], Come [03212], let us look [07200] one another in the face [06440]. |
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King James |
Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
JOASH DEFEATS HIM. (Kg2 14:8-16)
Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel--This bold and haughty challenge, which was most probably stimulated by a desire of satisfaction for the outrages perpetrated by the discharged auxiliaries of Israel (Ch2 25:13) on the towns that lay in their way home, as well as by revenge for the massacre of his ancestors by Jehu (2Ki. 9:1-37) sprang, there is little doubt, from pride and self-confidence, inspired by his victory over the Edomites. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Amaziah's success against Edom had so elated him that he thought himself more than a match for his northern neighbor. The grounds of the quarrel between them were furnished by the conduct of the hired, but dismissed, Israelite soldiers (see the marginal reference).
Let us look one another in the face - i. e. "let us meet face to face in arms, and try each other's strength" Kg2 14:11-12. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Sent - This challenge he sent, from self - confidence, and a desire of advancing his glory. But he that is fond either of fighting or going to law, will probably be the first that repents it. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Come, let us look one another in the face - This was a real declaration of war; and the ground of it is most evident from this circumstance: that the one hundred thousand men of Israel that had been dismissed, though they had the stipulated money, taking the advantage of Amaziah's absence, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon, and smote three thousand men, and took much spoil, Ch2 25:10-13. Amaziah no doubt remonstrated with Jehoash, but to no purpose; and therefore he declared war against him. |
13 But the soldiers [01121] of the army [01416] which Amaziah [0558] sent back [07725], that they should not go [03212] with him to battle [04421], fell [06584] upon the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], from Samaria [08111] even unto Bethhoron [01032], and smote [05221] three [07969] thousand [0505] of them, and took [0962] much [07227] spoil [0961].
8 Then Amaziah [0558] sent [07971] messengers [04397] to Jehoash [03060], the son [01121] of Jehoahaz [03059] son [01121] of Jehu [03058], king [04428] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], Come [03212], let us look [07200] one another in the face [06440].
9 And Jehoash [03060] the king [04428] of Israel [03478] sent [07971] to Amaziah [0558] king [04428] of Judah [03063], saying [0559], The thistle [02336] that was in Lebanon [03844] sent [07971] to the cedar [0730] that was in Lebanon [03844], saying [0559], Give [05414] thy daughter [01323] to my son [01121] to wife [0802]: and there passed [05674] by a wild [07704] beast [02416] that was in Lebanon [03844], and trode down [07429] the thistle [02336].
10 Thou hast indeed [05221] smitten [05221] Edom [0123], and thine heart [03820] hath lifted thee up [05375]: glory [03513] of this, and tarry [03427] at home [01004]: for why shouldest thou meddle [01624] to thy hurt [07451], that thou shouldest fall [05307], even thou, and Judah [03063] with thee?
11 But Amaziah [0558] would not hear [08085]. Therefore Jehoash [03060] king [04428] of Israel [03478] went up [05927]; and he and Amaziah [0558] king [04428] of Judah [03063] looked [07200] one another in the face [06440] at Bethshemesh [01053], which belongeth to Judah [03063].
12 And Judah [03063] was put to the worse [05062] before [06440] Israel [03478]; and they fled [05127] every man [0376] to their tents [0168].
13 And Jehoash [03060] king [04428] of Israel [03478] took [08610] Amaziah [0558] king [04428] of Judah [03063], the son [01121] of Jehoash [03060] the son [01121] of Ahaziah [0274], at Bethshemesh [01053], and came [0935] to Jerusalem [03389], and brake down [06555] the wall [02346] of Jerusalem [03389] from the gate [08179] of Ephraim [0669] unto the corner [06438] gate [08179], four [0702] hundred [03967] cubits [0520].
14 And he took [03947] all the gold [02091] and silver [03701], and all the vessels [03627] that were found [04672] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and in the treasures [0214] of the king's [04428] house [01004], and hostages [01121] [08594], and returned [07725] to Samaria [08111].
15 Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Jehoash [03060] which he did [06213], and his might [01369], and how he fought [03898] with Amaziah [0558] king [04428] of Judah [03063], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [01697] [03117] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478]?
16 And Jehoash [03060] slept [07901] with his fathers [01], and was buried [06912] in Samaria [08111] with the kings [04428] of Israel [03478]; and Jeroboam [03379] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead.
11 But Amaziah [0558] would not hear [08085]. Therefore Jehoash [03060] king [04428] of Israel [03478] went up [05927]; and he and Amaziah [0558] king [04428] of Judah [03063] looked [07200] one another in the face [06440] at Bethshemesh [01053], which belongeth to Judah [03063].
12 And Judah [03063] was put to the worse [05062] before [06440] Israel [03478]; and they fled [05127] every man [0376] to their tents [0168].
10 Then Amaziah [0558] separated [0914] them, to wit, the army [01416] that was come [0935] to him out of Ephraim [0669], to go [03212] home [04725] again [03212]: wherefore their anger [0639] was greatly [03966] kindled [02734] against Judah [03063], and they returned [07725] home [04725] in great [02750] anger [0639].
11 And Amaziah [0558] strengthened [02388] himself, and led forth [05090] his people [05971], and went [03212] to the valley [01516] of salt [04417], and smote [05221] of the children [01121] of Seir [08165] ten [06235] thousand [0505].
12 And other ten [06235] thousand [0505] left alive [02416] did the children [01121] of Judah [03063] carry away captive [07617], and brought [0935] them unto the top [07218] of the rock [05553], and cast them down [07993] from the top [07218] of the rock [05553], that they all were broken in pieces [01234].
13 But the soldiers [01121] of the army [01416] which Amaziah [0558] sent back [07725], that they should not go [03212] with him to battle [04421], fell [06584] upon the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], from Samaria [08111] even unto Bethhoron [01032], and smote [05221] three [07969] thousand [0505] of them, and took [0962] much [07227] spoil [0961].